Grow Your Family Reading Joy
& Create Reading Connections That Last
Reading time should be about connection,
Another chore on your endless list
A source of frustration or resistance
Something you "should" enjoy but often don't
A transaction instead of a relationship
A battle of wills instead of a moment of connection
Most moms want to raise readers who love books, but the path from intention to reality is often filled with challenges.
What if reading could be different?
Grow Your
A 4 week experience, evolving reading from a skill to be mastered into connections to be cherished.
Through this experience, you'll discover how to:
Understand Your Reading Roots: transform patterns that keep reading feeling like a chore into moments of genuine connection.
Build Connection: through reading practices that honor both parent and child.
Bring Back the Joy: with playful approaches that make reading time something both parent and child look forward to instead of dread.
Create Lasting Connections: with personalized practices that strengthen your family bond and make reading a treasured tradition, rather than a task.
This isn't just another reading program.
It's a journey that evolves reading from a chore into a cherished family tradition, from a skill to be mastered into a story to be shared.
Discover Your Reading Roots
Exploring your own relationship with stories and understanding where your family's reading journey begins
Artful Reading
Building parent-child connections through reading and art
Bring Back the Story Magic
Discover playful approaches that make reading time something both of you look forward to instead of dread.
Your Reading Story
Creating your personalized reading map and planting seeds for future growth
This experience is perfect for moms who:
Want to raise readers who love books, not just read them
Are ready to transform reading from struggle to joy
Value both skill development and emotional connection
Want to create meaningful family traditions around stories
4 Live 60-Minute Weekly Calls:
We gather for live workshops (replays in the heartwood hub)
Private Story Tree Community:
Connection with moms between calls for what we notice shifting
Since Story Tree is New
from a previous reading program
parent of two
program: Story Adventures
"My son says he loves reading again."
parent of two
program: Story Adventures
"My kids, seeing them awaken their creative abilities to story tell."
Hi, I'm Mariah
Children learn to love reading the same way they learn everything that lasts. Through rhythm, relationship, and a home that makes space for it.
Are your kids resistant, distracted, or just not clicking with books the way you expected?
I've been there. And I also know what's possible.
My own kids? They read daily. Voluntarily. Would read all day if left to their own devices. There's no forcing or complicated systems. I found their natural reading rhythm.
That's what I help other moms discover: how to turn reading resistance into reading presence.
I'm a mom who's been in the trenches.
This is real support from someone who understands the daily reality of parenting & reading.
We help you build that foundation first.
So reading becomes something your child wants, not something they have to do.
No complicated programs or overwhelm.
Just focused guidance, real support, and practical techniques that actually work.
Designed specifically for moms of children aged 3-10, though the principles apply to older children as well.
The weekly live calls are 60 minutes. The rest is integrated naturally into your family routine.
All calls are recorded and available in the hub.
This focuses on the parent-child connection to reading rather than just skill development.
Absolutely! Art is about connection, not technical skill.
We provide simple, accessible exercises that anyone can do.
Don't let another day go by with reading that feels like struggle, instead of joy.
Join Story Tree & start weaving your family's story today.